Exploration preceded colonization, and colonization preceded trade, and that was the natural order of things.

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It allowed us to stitch sails and rigging, leading to the exploration and colonization of the globe.

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Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society as a place to repatriate freed American slaves.

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But I am thinking more in the long term, particularly in regard to large-scale space travel, colonization and commerce.

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In a statement, Koizumi acknowledged the "enormous damage" inflicted by Japan's military "by colonization and invasion" during the conflict.

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"We are still learning about this, but it seems that there is an order (to the colonization), " she says.

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After centuries of widespread slavery, colonization, and conflict, he believes the continent is now ready to make significant political progress.

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There are few places in the world where a millennia-long history (before countries, colonization or Kentucky Fried Chicken) is so evident.

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We need to reclaim the heyday of excellence in bold, scientific inquiry by re-identifying U.S. priorities in space exploration and space colonization and eventual commercialization.

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During this same time, the federal government, via the Institute of Colonization and Agricultural Reform, had promised to provide some form of basic infrastructure, but public support never materialized.

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"There is an attempt to invade Syria, the forces are coming from outside, from different nationalities, they are using different tactics from what the colonization powers have used, " he said.

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She does a decent job of explaining the history, pointing to the colonization of Suriname and Indonesia, and the key role the Dutch West India Company played in the slave trade.

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Colonization is only part of the bigger plan.

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In 1898, in the town of Cavite El Viejo (now Kawit), south of Manila, General Emilio Aguinaldo declared his nation independent from Spain after 333 years of unbroken colonization, the first Asian state to break away from Western imperialism.

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But due to the Dutch history of colonization and to a general taste for all things worldly, the Netherlands do boast an impressive array of international cuisines that broaden the domestic palate beyond the traditional herring and bitterballen.

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We do know that when smallpox has been introduced into populations who have not encountered the virus before, such as what happened during the colonization of the U.S., that smallpox had a much higher fatality rate, certainly exceeding 50 percent.

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During the next two centuries Miletus was far more active in colonization than any other city-state in the Greek world, founding a total of thirty cities around the Black Sea and its approaches in the Hellespont and the Sea of Marmara.

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His next film, "Days of Heaven" (1978), hauntingly photographed but less compelling than "Badlands, " was followed by a long hiatus before he returned with his wrenching James Jones adaptation, "The Thin Red Line" (1998), and his glittering reverie about the colonization of Virginia, "The New World" (2005).

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